Word: skiing
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...Alpine ski racer Picabo Street, who calls her sport a "dance with death" in her new autobiography, Picabo: Nothing to Hide, clearly has no illusions about the risks she faces every time she hurtles down a mountain at speeds of up to 140 km/h...
...gruesome accidents on the World Cup circuit this season - the death of French super-giant slalom champion R?gine Cavagnoud after a practice-run collision and a crash that left 22-year-old Swiss racer Silvano Beltrametti a paraplegic - have highlighted the dangers of ski racing and cast a somber pall over what these athletes refer to as the "white circus...
...engaged to ski technician John Mulligan - though she thinks she skis better "when I'm not in love" - she will try in Salt Lake City to cap her career with a gold in the downhill, her signature event. After failing to finish in the top 30 at last week's World Cup race in Cortina, Italy, she won't have the chance to duplicate her surprise gold medal performance in the super-G at the '98 Nagano Games...
TIME: Is there a need for changes in ski racing? STREET: Definitely. When you?re screaming down the mountain and 1/100th of a second is what separates the first, second and third person, everybody?s a winner. We all need to look at it that way. Trying to keep things from one another and having secrets isn?t going to be what makes the difference of that 1/100th...
...Issue ? Topics include George Harrison and the Beatles, cloning and the U.S. Ski Team...